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I know it has been a while since I last posted. Rest assured, I've not been posting because I'm sick, not because I have already lost interest. :)
Last night, I got to talking to a young girl I knew about music, and learned that she had never heard anything by Tori Amos. I was immediately flabbergasted, and shared with her a link to her cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on YouTube. I confess I was being devious, as this girl is a fan of Nirvana. :) It worked, though, so I sent her a couple of other links, and began to see about maybe burning Tori's first couple of CDs for her.
Still, the cat was out of the bag. When I woke this morning, I felt like listening to something, and began listening to Little Earthquakes. I then progressed through the Crucify EP and Under the Pink. By this time, I was dozing off and on, so I finished copying the rest of my considerable library to my laptop, so I could let the music continue to play while I slept. I stopped the music only so I could start up my "Welcome to Sunny Florida" concert DVD (which is currently playing).
I have felt remarkably content today. I feel very peaceful, like I'm sitting outside of time itself. I wondered why I felt like this. Well, I knew I love Tori Amos's music that much, but I looked at the reasons beneath the obvious, to the part that would answer the question, "Why do I love her music?"
It's hard to explain, but she is representative of the Earth Mother for me. Even back in the "Little Earthquakes" days, she didn't really feel like an object of desire, as much as she was a comforting figure that would make everything alright. Her voice has a quality to it that lifts me away from the day to day humdrum around me.
I had more in my head when I started this, but it's gone. Suffice to say that I consider her music particularly spiritual, even as I sometimes struggle to consciously decipher the meaning of a specific song.
Now, it's time for bed. I'm gonna try to work tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Last night, I got to talking to a young girl I knew about music, and learned that she had never heard anything by Tori Amos. I was immediately flabbergasted, and shared with her a link to her cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on YouTube. I confess I was being devious, as this girl is a fan of Nirvana. :) It worked, though, so I sent her a couple of other links, and began to see about maybe burning Tori's first couple of CDs for her.
Still, the cat was out of the bag. When I woke this morning, I felt like listening to something, and began listening to Little Earthquakes. I then progressed through the Crucify EP and Under the Pink. By this time, I was dozing off and on, so I finished copying the rest of my considerable library to my laptop, so I could let the music continue to play while I slept. I stopped the music only so I could start up my "Welcome to Sunny Florida" concert DVD (which is currently playing).
I have felt remarkably content today. I feel very peaceful, like I'm sitting outside of time itself. I wondered why I felt like this. Well, I knew I love Tori Amos's music that much, but I looked at the reasons beneath the obvious, to the part that would answer the question, "Why do I love her music?"
It's hard to explain, but she is representative of the Earth Mother for me. Even back in the "Little Earthquakes" days, she didn't really feel like an object of desire, as much as she was a comforting figure that would make everything alright. Her voice has a quality to it that lifts me away from the day to day humdrum around me.
I had more in my head when I started this, but it's gone. Suffice to say that I consider her music particularly spiritual, even as I sometimes struggle to consciously decipher the meaning of a specific song.
Now, it's time for bed. I'm gonna try to work tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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